Co-FounderThe Solutions Project
Emmy® winner Mark Ruffalo is one of Hollywood’s most sought-after actors, easily moving between stage and screen. He is also the co-founder of The Solutions Project alongside Stanford scientist Mark Jacobson and clean energy entrepreneur Marco Krapels.
He most recently starred in the critically acclaimed HBO series “I Know This Much Is True,” which garnered him an Emmy win for “Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series.” He executive produced and stars in the series playing the two main characters. In the last year, he was also seen in Focus Features’ Dark Waters about the DuPont Pollution scandal. He is probably best known for his role as Bruce Banner/The Hulk in the Avengers and Thor series and has been nominated for three Academy Awards within five years for his performances in “The Kids Are All Right,” “Foxcatcher” and “Spotlight,” which won the Oscars® for Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay. Ruffalo received a Golden Globe® nomination in 2015 for his role in the Sony Pictures Classics film “Infinitely Polar Bear.” He also received a Screen Actors Guild® Award, as well as Golden Globe® and Emmy® nominations, for his role as gay rights activist Ned Weeks in the HBO film “The Normal Heart,” based on the play by Larry Kramer.
Ruffalo advocates for addressing climate change and increasing renewable energy by supporting a climate justice vision for solutions. A regular contributor to the Guardian and Huffington Post, Ruffalo has received the Global Green Millennium Award for Environmental Leadership and the Meera Gandhi Giving Back Foundation Award. He was named one of Time Magazine’s People Who Mattered in 2011 and received The Big Fish Award from Riverkeeper in 2013. He received the SAG-AFTRA Foundation’s Artists Inspiration Award in 2019 for using his creative and professional success as a performing artist to advance philanthropic and humanitarian causes, most notably for his work with The Solutions Project to accelerate the transition to 100% clean energy and equitable access to healthy air, water, and soils by supporting climate justice organizations, especially those led by women of color.